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North Belle Isle

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045531
MRDS ID M233298
Record type Site
Current site name North Belle Isle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.22899, 41.31768 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 051E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.22899, 41.31768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest-Striking Faults Conjugate To A Set Of East-Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 65SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • AVG VALUE OF ORE PRODUCED WAS $106/TON (NOLAN).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Tuscarora

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE VALUE OF ORE WAS $106/TON IN PRE-1890 MAIN PRODUCTION ERA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on development

  • BONANZA-TYPE EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSIT; MAIN PRODUCTION OCCURRED PRIOR TO 1890

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T. B. (1936) TUSCARORA MINING DISTRICT, ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 25

  • Production

    NOLAN, T. B. (1936)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CARRIED NATIVE SILVER, HORN SILVER & SILVER SULPHIDES.
Deposit TYPICAL BONANZA TYPE EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSIT THE MAJORITY OF PRODUCTION OCCURRED PRIOR TO 1890. THE WORKINGS EXTENDED TO 600 FT. BELOW THE SURFACE ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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